Is OPENBANK regulated in the EU?
OPENBANK — legal name OPEN BANK S.A.. Crypto-asset service provider (CASP) with home Member State 🇪🇸 Spain.
Authorised under MiCA
OPENBANK is listed in the ESMA register as an authorised crypto-asset service provider. The licence was granted by Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) on 24 July 2025 and covers 2 of 10 MiCA services in 2 EEA countries.
OPENBANK among the EU's authorised providers
OPENBANK was the 2nd of 15 crypto-asset service providers currently authorised in Spain, and one of 365 across the EEA, licensed 7 months after MiCA became applicable. With 2 authorised services it is below the register average of 3.3; 217 providers hold a broader one. It has notified 2 of 30 EEA countries; 58 providers have notified all of them. CNMV supervises 15 authorised providers in total.
What the authorisation covers
OPENBANK is authorised for 2 of the ten crypto-asset services defined in Article 3(1)(16) of MiCA. It is not authorised for operating a trading platform, exchange for funds, exchange for other crypto-assets, placing of crypto-assets, reception and transmission of orders, advice on crypto-assets, portfolio management, transfer services — if it offers those, that activity is outside this licence.
- a Custody and administration 2 countries Holding clients' crypto-assets or the private keys to them, and keeping them safe. This is what a wallet service or an exchange that keeps your coins does.
- e Execution of orders 2 countries Concluding purchases or sales of crypto-assets on the client's behalf, including on a third-party trading platform.
Not authorised: b. Operating a trading platform · c. Exchange for funds · d. Exchange for other crypto-assets · f. Placing of crypto-assets · g. Reception and transmission of orders · h. Advice on crypto-assets · i. Portfolio management · j. Transfer services.
Where it may operate
Through the MiCA passport, OPENBANK has notified 2 countries: Germany, Spain. It has not notified the other 28 EEA states, so a client there is outside the scope of the notification.
- 🇦🇹 AT
- 🇧🇪 BE
- 🇧🇬 BG
- 🇭🇷 HR
- 🇨🇾 CY
- 🇨🇿 CZ
- 🇩🇰 DK
- 🇪🇪 EE
- 🇫🇮 FI
- 🇫🇷 FR
- 🇩🇪 DE
- 🇬🇷 GR
- 🇭🇺 HU
- 🇮🇸 IS
- 🇮🇪 IE
- 🇮🇹 IT
- 🇱🇻 LV
- 🇱🇮 LI
- 🇱🇹 LT
- 🇱🇺 LU
- 🇲🇹 MT
- 🇳🇱 NL
- 🇳🇴 NO
- 🇵🇱 PL
- 🇵🇹 PT
- 🇷🇴 RO
- 🇸🇰 SK
- 🇸🇮 SI
- 🇪🇸 ES
- 🇸🇪 SE
Highlighted: countries notified for at least one service. Outlined: home Member State. Passporting is per service; see the list on the left for each service's count.
Identification
- Legal name
- OPEN BANK S.A.
- Trading as
- OPENBANK
- LEI
- 5493000LM0MZ4JPMGM90 · GLEIF record
- Competent authority
- Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) (Spain)
- Registered address
- Avenida de Cantabria s/n. 28660 Boadilla del Monte (Madrid).
- Declared website
- openbank.es
- Authorised on
- 24 July 2025
- Register entry updated
- 14 May 2026
Questions people ask
Is OPENBANK regulated in the EU?
Yes. OPENBANK (OPEN BANK S.A.) holds a MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider, granted by Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) on 24 July 2025. It appears in the ESMA register of authorised CASPs.
Which crypto services is OPENBANK authorised for?
2 of the ten MiCA services: custody and administration, execution of orders.
In which countries can OPENBANK offer crypto services?
2 EEA countries: Germany, Spain.
Who supervises OPENBANK?
Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), the competent authority in Spain, which is the provider's home Member State under MiCA.
Other providers authorised in Spain
- KUTXABANKKUTXABANK S.A.Authorised
- DUEDUE NETWORK S.L.Authorised
- CECABANKCECABANK S.A.Authorised
- MINOS GLOBALMINOS GLOBAL S.L.Authorised
- FAZIL CRYPTOBASQUE PAY S.L.Authorised
- CRIPTANCRIPTAN TRADE S.L.Authorised
Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (CASPS.csv), as reported by Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV). This page reflects the register as of our last sync; it is not a statement by the regulator. Methodology.